Membership of University Assessment Panel

A.     The University Assessment Panel shall consist of the following members:

        Associate Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Development;

        Two faculty members from each of the university's academic councils:

        Academic Planning Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges;

        Graduate Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges;

        Undergraduate Coordinating Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges.

        One faculty member from the College of Law; appointed by the dean of the college;

        One staff member from Student Affairs units; appointed by the associate provost for Student Affairs;

        One faculty or staff representative from academic support units; appointed by the associate provost responsible for undergraduate education and
        the assistant provost for academic support services;

        One associate or assistant dean responsible for assessment, elected by those persons;

        One graduate student to be appointed by the Graduate Council;

        One undergraduate student to be appointed by the Undergraduate Coordinating Council;

        Coordinator for Assessment Services, ex officio, non-voting;

        Director of Testing Services, ex officio, non-voting;

        Director of Institutional Research, ex officio, non-voting

        The chair shall be the assistant provost for Academic Planning and Development.

        Terms shall be one year for appointed members and two years for elected members.

B.     DUTIES:

        The duties of the University Assessment Panel shall be:

1.     To review the university mission statement, other statements of university objectives, and state-level policies as a context for assessment;

2.     To provide advice on performance measures and benchmarks to be used in new state approval and review processes;

3.     To integrate assessment activities for undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and academic support areas;

4.     To work with the General Education Committee and the Committee on Initial Teacher Certification on assessment activities in the general education
        program and in initial teacher certification programs, respectively;

5.     To promote campus-wide assessment activities to improve learning outcomes;

6.     To support departmental assessment activities in coordination with the academic program review schedule and advise departments preparing for program
        review;

7.     To make recommendations for funding support for expanded assessment activities in departments and colleges;

8.     To support departments and colleges preparing for the assessment component of discipline-specific accreditation reviews;

9.     To review and update the university assessment plan;

10.     To help position the university for the North Central Association reaccreditation process and assist with preparation of the self-study.